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Software Update 2.6 Out
Hi,
Just noticed I've got an email announcing 2.6... So who's going to the brave guinea pig...? POWER MANAGEMENT * The average battery life has been improved to 10 hours. Additional power management improvements are planned in upcoming software releases. USER INTERFACE * Path information displayed in title bar of content browser * File size displayed in content browser * Revised onscreen busy indicator when launching viewers * The Up Key will now also allow you to close opened documents and applications * Language changes in the iLiad settings will now take effect immediately HTML * Go to the last read page when re-opening any HTML document CF CARD * Fixed bug where certain CF cards stopped working with version 2.5 Scribble Function * Notes and drawings are now saved into an additional format (.IRX) which can be used with MyScript Notes(R). Networking * Support for Fixed IP address in wired network profiles * Improved wired and wireless network performance |
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hmm, I thought they would implement page caching in this version or am I mistaken?
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"The average battery life has been improved to 10 hours."
So that's like a 100% increase to 2.5? Not bad, but still very little compared to what E Ink manufacturers generally advertise. |
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* Increased page turn speed. When reading a PDF document the next pages will be pre-loaded, this will substantially increase the page turn speed. |
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Announcement came before actual upgrade
So... I tried to download the 2.6 upgrade and... nothing. Called support (answered quickly, very polite, good English) and found that the announcement had been mailed before the upgrade was actually available. "Try later tonight," was the recommendation.
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Why can't they wait until the download is ready before making an announcement...
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"Later tonight" - it's now around 2pm in the Netherlands. So do the math
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oh well, I rather have the email in advance in stead of being spuprised when I turn on my iliad
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They've done this before...sent the email long before the new software arrives...seems to be a habit...^^
I haven#t received an email however, so maybe they only sent a few out. Page-Resume in HTML sounds like good news too, but not really useful if they didn't add page-breaking...I'll have to check that once the update is there...I've been using PDF ebooks from the beginning since this features was missing...but I'd love to be able to use HTML... |
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i have 2.5 but haven't checked for html functionality yet. |
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neither have I.
2.6 is now downloading. |
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Since the new software is now out, I created a sticky for you all to use as a place to comment on the new software.
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I updated, but it says that Chinese font update fail and EBA reader update fail.
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Thread is closed. Please continue discussion in the Problems and Fixes in Software 2.6 thread.
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